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AssHat is happy to collude with Netflix for repeated viewings of Russian Doll #Review

For many years Netflix has desperately sought out a “kooky” dark comedy that is smarter than the sum of its parts and with “Russian Doll” the company has finally succeeded.

Created by the exceptionally talented duo of Amy Poehler and Natasha Lyonne, who also stars as the show’s main protagonist; Nadia Vulvokov, comes a tale of a thirty-something bachelorette who must relive the same day of her…

SAVE THE DATE - July 22 at 7pm

Real Characters returns to its regular monthly home at McNally Jackson Books to bring together a terrific group of humor writers and storytellers. This month's lineup includes:

Bruce Eric Kaplan (The New Yorker, Girls, author of I Was a Child: A Memoir) Isaac Oliver (Ars Nova, author of Intimacy Idiot) Allison Silverman (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Colbert Report, Portlandia) and Sandi Marx (The Moth)

Hosted by Andy Ross

July 22 at 7pm McNally Jackson Books 52 Prince Street, NYC mcnallyjackson.com

Allison Silverman, former executive producer and first head writer of ‘The Colbert Report’ , has written a fanastic article for Vulture. Working on the early years of the show from 2005 – 2009, Allison details the very first episode and how it evolved over its initial eight week run, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and Stephens commitment and willingness to try new things, and the difficulties of working out the shows point of view and how to communicate it through the character whilst maneuvering the ambiguous line between the Real Stephen and the character “Stephen”.

Colbert Report writers appreciation life.